"Imperial Sister-" The eldest princess of Ruian next to her heard this, the smile on her face suddenly froze, and she turned her head to look at her with a worried face.

This couplet is a poem "Shen Yuan" written by the Southern Song Dynasty lyricist Lu You in his later years, which was written for his original wife Tang Wan.

According to legend, Lu You and Tang Wan were originally cousins, they grew up together since they were children, childhood sweethearts, and after they got married, they became beautiful couples and loved each other very much. However, because of the affection between the two, it affected Lu You's imperial examination studies, and Lu You's mother Tang was not allowed to do so, so they were forcibly separated.

When Lu You was middle-aged, he once went to a garden called Shen Yuan to play, and met Tang Wan in the garden after a few years of absence.

Many years later, Lu You, who had reached the twilight of his life, revisited his hometown, at this time Tang Wan was no longer alive, and the inscription on the wall was blurred.

Lu You walked alone on the secluded path in the garden, thinking of the scene of a glimpse of the chance encounter, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, so he wrote this poem "Shen Yuan".

And her imperial sister, and her concubine Hou Gongchen are also like Lu You and Tang Wan, they have known each other since childhood, childhood sweethearts, and they are very affectionate and affectionate after marriage......

"I'm fine." The eldest princess of Shouyang knew what she was worried about, and shook her head lightly at her.

Then, with a restrained look, he looked at the people present: "With this couplet as the title, what do you think?" ”

"Whatever happened to my aunt, it was what it was." Wan Changzuo, who was sitting diagonally across from her, immediately raised his hand to her in style.

This question for the Danqing competition with verses was proposed by Hou Tingke, and he wanted to get Zhu Xuanrao, who could win the position of the king of the county for him, and he needed Hou Tingke's help, so he naturally wanted to build her momentum.

Everyone saw that this Wan Gongzi, who had never learned and had no skills, said this, and in order not to be looked down upon, he did not raise any objections.

The eldest princess of Shouyang waited, and when she couldn't wait for the voice of opposition, she waved her hand to signal the competition to begin.

At this moment, all the pigments and painting tools needed for painting on the stage have been prepared, and since there is no need to divide the order of painting, it is convenient for both men and women to go on stage together and choose their own seats to sit down.

Among them, of course, Jiang Shu is not included. She thought that when she came to this lotus banquet, she would be asked to participate in various competitions, but now that she has come to a few games, it doesn't hurt if she doesn't participate, so she has no intention of joining in the fun.

But this performance fell in Hou Tingke's eyes, and he thought that she had no good ideas and didn't dare to go on stage.

Her face immediately showed a look of success, and she just hoped that the Danqing competition would end soon, and when the next poetry competition came, she would make a good fool of herself and become the laughing stock of the whole capital.

The people who participated in the competition on the stage had different understandings of the couplet, and their performances were also different. Some put pen to paper immediately, some hold the pen and think about it, and some can't think of what to draw for a while.

In this way, it was not until an hour later that all the paintings were completed.

Most of them are depicted as a small bridge with plants growing on the side of the bridge, and a small river under the bridge, and the shadow of a wild goose or a beautiful woman with a sad face reflected on the river.

Only Ran Xing makes one person different from others. Although he also painted images of small bridges, plants, and rivers because of the phrase "spring waves under the bridge", there are two large willow trees growing on the side of his bridge, and an old man with white hair standing on the bridge.

I saw the old man with a sad face, quietly looking at the rippling river under the bridge, and where he looked, there was a shadow that was not very clear—a smiling and beautiful woman in red stood on the same bridge as the one he was standing on, and there were two small willow trees swaying in the wind growing beside the bridge.

If I look closely, I see that the shape of the small willow tree in the shadow is very similar to the shape of the trunk and branches of the big willow tree by the bridge, which is clearly the appearance of the big willow tree in the past - the word "was" in the last sentence of the poem "It was once a shocking shadow" is vividly displayed.